# Red dots on my movie screen??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dots-on-my-movie-screen/195962>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 18, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dots-on-my-movie-screen/195962 "2003-08-18T13:18:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![NoGoodNamesLeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NoGoodNamesLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGoodNamesLeft)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dots-on-my-movie-screen/195962/1 "2003-08-18T13:18:56Z")

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Has anyone else noticed red dots on movie screens lately? During ‘Freddy vs. Jason’ this weekend, I saw them twice. I have spoken to others who saw more of them. Some people say they’ve noticed them before (Specifically in “28 Days Later”.) as far away as Canada and England.

Has anyone else seen these? What are they?

For the record:  
-They had nothing to do with the on-screen story or action.

-I am not thinking of the reel change markers; these are 4 or 5 red dots int he center of the screen for maybe 2 seconds or so.

-It was not a laser-pen.

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**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dots-on-my-movie-screen/195962/2 "2003-08-18T16:56:34Z")

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Hmmm… Freddy vs. Jason and 28 Days Later … blood spatters? 😉

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**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dots-on-my-movie-screen/195962/3 "2003-08-18T16:56:47Z")

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Rifle?

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**Author:** ![NoGoodNamesLeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NoGoodNamesLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGoodNamesLeft)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dots-on-my-movie-screen/195962/4 "2003-08-18T17:01:42Z")

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No, it wasn’t an effect at all. It looked like a flaw in the print, but so many people to have it?